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This volume debates and informs on themes such as housing, participation, and vulnerability in relation to large-scale post-disaster reconstruction. It is a contribution to ongoing debate in terms...
This report is part of chapter 4 in the book Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstruction after Natural Disasters. This chapter covers the disaster timeline and how to apply...
On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9. 0 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a series of massive tsunamis that devastated communities in 10 countries surrounding the Indian...
This report brings to donors, staff and friends of Save the Children across the world a summary of the achievements of Save the Children's relief and reconstruction efforts in the region,...
With the goal of improving the living conditions of the Tsunami-affected people in Sri Lanka, Swiss Solidarity and Helvetas financed a reconstruction project on the east coastDistrict of...
Assessment of human rights issues in the immediate aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami. Meetings in Sri Lanka and Thailand assessed the specific situations in these countries; they were...
In Sri Lanka, 300, 000 people were displaced in the final phase of fighting between the army and the LTTE, a 26-year conflict that came to a definitive end on 20 May 2009, with victory for the SLA...
Shelter Projects 2010 is the third annual compilation of shelter programmes. This book contains summaries of shelter projects that have been implemented in response to conflicts, complex...
The speaker presented an overview of the work of COHRE, including the work recently done in Sri Lanka and Colombia. 'The Pinheiro Principles' (COHRE, 2003) on property restitution and land rights...
The speakers working with The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), described how they trained refugee camp inhabitants to manage their own camps. Focusing on Sri Lanka, they argued that the dispersed...